surround

tr.v., -round·ed, -round·ing, -rounds.

1. To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle.
2. To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication.

n.

1. Something, such as fencing or a border, that surrounds: a fireplace surround.
2. 1. The area around a thing or place: inflammation extending to the surround of the eye.
   2. Surroundings; environment: "It was the country, the flat agricultural surround, that so ravished me" (Listener).
3. A method of hunting wild animals by surrounding them and driving them to a place from which they cannot escape.

[Middle English surrounden, to inundate, from Old French suronder, from Late Latin superundāre : Latin super-, super- + Latin undāre, to rise in waves (from unda, wave).]

SYNONYMS   surround, circle, compass, encircle, encompass, environ, gird, girdle, ring. These verbs mean to lie around and bound on all sides: Suburbs surround the city. A crown circled the king's head. Fog compassed the mountain peak. A belt encircled her waist. A lake encompassed the island. The desert environed the oases. A deep moat girds the castle. Flower gardens girdled the bird bath. Guests ringed the coffee table.

verb

To shut in on all sides: begird, beset, circle, compass, encircle, encompass, environ, gird, girdle, hedge, hem, ring¹. See open/close.

v

Definition: enclose, encircle something
Antonyms: free, let go, release

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v. (of troops, police, etc.) encircle (someone or something) so as to cut off communication or escape: troops surrounded the parliament building.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

A decorative element or structure around a doorway, fireplace, or window; for example, see arch surround, banded surround, door surround, fireplace surround, Gibbs surround, window surround.

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IN BRIEF: Envelop completely. Also: Be around.

Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us every day. — Sally Koch

Common misspelling(s) of surround

• suround
• surrend

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - omgive, omringe
n. - omgivelse, surround, kantning, bort

Nederlands (Dutch)
omringen, omgrenzen, omsingelen, omgeven

Français (French)
v. tr. - être entouré de, encercler, assiéger, cerner, être lié à
n. - bord, bordure, environs (npl), alentours (npl)

Deutsch (German)
v. - umgeben, umzingeln
n. - Umrandung

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - περιβάλλω, περικλείω, περιτριγυρίζω, περικυκλώνω, περιστοιχίζω
n. - περίγυρος, πλαίσιο, περίφραξη, (Βρετ.) χώρος μεταξύ τοίχων και χαλιού

Italiano (Italian)
circondare, accerchiare

idioms:

• surround with    cingere con

Português (Portuguese)
v. - cercar

idioms:

• surround with    cercar de

Русский (Russian)
окружать, обносить, обрамление, окружение

idioms:

• surround with    окружить себя (кем-л.)

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - cercar, rodear, circundar, envolver, copar
n. - lo que ciñe o rodea, borde, orilla

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - omringa, innesluta, kringränna
n. - kant (kring matta), infattning, omringning

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
包围, 围绕, 环绕, 围绕物

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 包圍, 圍繞, 環繞
n. - 圍繞物

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 둘러 싸다, 에워싸다, 두르다
n. - 둘러싸는 것, 가장자리 장식

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 囲む, 包囲する
n. - 飾り縁, 床の四方の縁, 床の縁用のカバー

idioms:

• surround with    ～で囲う

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يحيط , يطوق (الاسم) طوق , حاشيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הקיף, כיתר, אפף‬
n. - ‮שוליים מעוטרים, סביבה, שולי-הרצפה (הרווח בין הקירות למרבד)‬

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